This was originally posted on cohost on 2023-12-21. If you are not familiar with the things discussed in this post - Wayland and X11 are display systems on Linux, where Wayland is a modern replacement for X11. Their purpose is to provide ways to draw windows and graphical UIs. Without them, you are basically confined to operating your computer from the command line. Please note the disclaimer at the end that my technical understanding of the workings of Wayland and the challenges it presents to ...